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Are window shutters gonna go out of fashion?

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mumofoneAlonebutokay · 09/01/2025 20:29

Im thinking about making the investment - over £1200 for shutters for two windows with blinds2go

But I get the feeling that they're gonna go out of style soon, with people choosing other window treatments

I've currently got white blinds with tapes and they're a nightmare to clean

I was thinking of getting dark brown wood blinds with similar coloured tapes instead

Just wondering if others spend their valuable time thinking about such a boring topic 😄

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mumofoneAlonebutokay · 10/01/2025 13:05

Pepla · 10/01/2025 12:04

No, was responding about shutters, having not realised until I saw your reference to ‘wood blinds with tapes’ that you meant slatted Venetian-style blinds. Our shutters are just plain wood shutters that fold back into the window apertures and have a bar to hold them closed. Like these.

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Oh yes I'd moved on from that 😄

Dark shutters is what i'm interested in now - they're nice and I like the colour

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mumofoneAlonebutokay · 10/01/2025 13:08

AncientAndModern1 · 10/01/2025 11:26

You are talking about different things. The OP is asking about New England or Plantation-style slatted shutters like this, not the solid wood folding shutters authentic to an old house. The big benefit of slatted shutters is that they offer privacy during the day without blocking too much light so especially good for rooms such as bedrooms and bathrooms that are overlooked/close to neighbours but if you have them in a bedroom then imo it is best to also have them in the sitting room so the house looks cohesive from the outside rather than like flats. They don’t fully block light so in a bedroom you’d also need curtains if you want the room to be properly dark. I’m still seeing slatted shutters in smart houses, but not so much in really expensive and interior designed homes. And they are expensive. But if you like them and can afford them, get them.

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Thank you, yeah these are what I was in terested in, although I'm kind of thinking these in a dark wood to match my ground floor flooring - it's closer to black colour, the wood

The ones in the photo look stunning.

What are the interiored designed homes getting? 👀

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Crunchymum · 10/01/2025 13:13

What sort of shutters are you thinking?

The ubiquitous white wooden looking ones or something else?

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eqpi4t2hbsnktd · 10/01/2025 13:19

We have beautiful, wide slat, white shutters on every window. They look beautiful and are super easy to dust.
Most houses on our street have them. Centralish London. Quite a trendy area.

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mumofoneAlonebutokay · 10/01/2025 13:20

Vroomfondleswaistcoat · 10/01/2025 12:04

I live in an 1800s cottage so when I decorate I'm not thinking 'what looks cool/.trendy/in' I'm thinking 'what doesn't make the house look ridiculous'. So maybe think about your house as a whole - when was it built? What was available/in fashion then? That way you can't go wrong because anything you add looks like a period feature - therefore won't go out of fashion by next year.

This is true

Mines a 1930s house - think post war homes built for workers

I want to make it as lovely as possible - the area isn't posh or anything but I would love to have my house as lovely and cool as poss

Most of my neighbours have the faux wood blinds or curtains and nets

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mumofoneAlonebutokay · 10/01/2025 13:21

eqpi4t2hbsnktd · 10/01/2025 13:19

We have beautiful, wide slat, white shutters on every window. They look beautiful and are super easy to dust.
Most houses on our street have them. Centralish London. Quite a trendy area.

Okay, I've seen these areas and do think the windows look nice and smart

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Igavebirthtoabanana · 10/01/2025 13:22

I wouldn’t have dark/black shutters (plantation shutters). Yes they’d look modern and cool but you’ll see every dust spec on them and if it was me, it would drive me mad.

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mumofoneAlonebutokay · 10/01/2025 13:22

AncientAndModern1 · 10/01/2025 11:26

You are talking about different things. The OP is asking about New England or Plantation-style slatted shutters like this, not the solid wood folding shutters authentic to an old house. The big benefit of slatted shutters is that they offer privacy during the day without blocking too much light so especially good for rooms such as bedrooms and bathrooms that are overlooked/close to neighbours but if you have them in a bedroom then imo it is best to also have them in the sitting room so the house looks cohesive from the outside rather than like flats. They don’t fully block light so in a bedroom you’d also need curtains if you want the room to be properly dark. I’m still seeing slatted shutters in smart houses, but not so much in really expensive and interior designed homes. And they are expensive. But if you like them and can afford them, get them.

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Like these, @Crunchymum but possibly in a darker wood

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Isthisreasonable · 10/01/2025 13:25

rosemole · 09/01/2025 22:11

Doesn't everything go out of fashion eventually? If you love 'em get 'em OP!
We used to have them and I did like the clean look it gave to the room but it's not particularly cosy looking.

And equally will probably come back into fashion .

SchrodingersTwat2 · 10/01/2025 13:29

I do hope so. They look so silly in the UK.

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mumofoneAlonebutokay · 10/01/2025 13:45

Igavebirthtoabanana · 10/01/2025 13:22

I wouldn’t have dark/black shutters (plantation shutters). Yes they’d look modern and cool but you’ll see every dust spec on them and if it was me, it would drive me mad.

I foolishly got myself a black fridge freezer when I moved in years ago - constantly bloody wiping it

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mumofoneAlonebutokay · 10/01/2025 13:45

SchrodingersTwat2 · 10/01/2025 13:29

I do hope so. They look so silly in the UK.

👀 what do you suggest instead as chic and cool?

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ffsgloria · 10/01/2025 13:54

We were the first in our street to install them 11 years ago and lots of houses then did the same. Victorian homes, so suit the style. I think they look smart, timeless, although can be a bit stark, so nice to soften with curtains too on some windows. Great for privacy. Anyway, I don't buy into the what's in fashion and what's not, it's a marketing ploy. Just go for what you like.

user3827 · 10/01/2025 13:58

I love shutters i only wish i could afford them!

I think a lot of people can't afford them not that they're out of fashion

Dreamingofgoldfinchlane · 10/01/2025 13:59

Shutters and panelling as trends are considered to be out of fashion but if they look good in your house surely that's the most important thing.

Saschka · 10/01/2025 14:00

I think it absolutely depends on your house - if you live in a period house it probably won’t go out of fashion as they are in keeping with the overall style. New build, yep I do think they look a bit dated - like wall-to-wall grey does.

We live in a 1920s cottage-style house and shutters would look ridiculous on our windows. I actually really like Roman blinds, and we had them everywhere in our last flat (Victorian conversation with big sash windows) but again they just don’t look right in our house.

PalisadesPatty · 10/01/2025 14:09

I don’t dislike them but I think they’re looking a bit out of date now, and also a bit out of place in the UK when they were traditionally used in hot tropical climates. They block a lot of light in rooms you want light but don’t block enough light in rooms you want dark. Also can look quite stark and not cosy, you need lots of fabrics/ textures in the room to soften. Cafe curtains are more popular than shutters now I reckon.

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mumofoneAlonebutokay · 10/01/2025 15:24

PalisadesPatty · 10/01/2025 14:09

I don’t dislike them but I think they’re looking a bit out of date now, and also a bit out of place in the UK when they were traditionally used in hot tropical climates. They block a lot of light in rooms you want light but don’t block enough light in rooms you want dark. Also can look quite stark and not cosy, you need lots of fabrics/ textures in the room to soften. Cafe curtains are more popular than shutters now I reckon.

I've seen the cafe curtains although I'd maybe only have them in the kitchen

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mumofoneAlonebutokay · 10/01/2025 15:26

Saschka · 10/01/2025 14:00

I think it absolutely depends on your house - if you live in a period house it probably won’t go out of fashion as they are in keeping with the overall style. New build, yep I do think they look a bit dated - like wall-to-wall grey does.

We live in a 1920s cottage-style house and shutters would look ridiculous on our windows. I actually really like Roman blinds, and we had them everywhere in our last flat (Victorian conversation with big sash windows) but again they just don’t look right in our house.

Im in a 1940s house, I said 1930s before but its post war homes for workers in London

Im hoping this isn't too outing 😬 but there are a range of different types of homes where i am

Are window shutters gonna go out of fashion?
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HamAndMustardSandwich · 10/01/2025 15:33

Who cares if they go out of fashion. You like them, you buy them 🤷‍♀️

crockofshite · 10/01/2025 15:46

We just got plantation shutters 20 years after everyone else in our street and absolutely love them.

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mumofoneAlonebutokay · 10/01/2025 21:01

crockofshite · 10/01/2025 15:46

We just got plantation shutters 20 years after everyone else in our street and absolutely love them.

They are nice tbh 🥺, I've spent a lot of the day thinking about it and might just do it 😄

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Likewhatever · 10/01/2025 21:04

SharpOpalNewt · 09/01/2025 23:00

Curtains or blinds are fine, have never needed nets or voiles.

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You might not, but someone living in a cottage fronting onto the street as I do find it disconcerting to have passerby looking into our sitting rooms!

Thewrongdoor · 10/01/2025 21:13

I think plantation shutters look completely wrong in the U.K. in general. But solid wood ones in Victorian-type homes are good. They are traditional. Plantation ones aren’t. Yes, I think they will date.

Likewhatever · 10/01/2025 21:21

I really wouldn’t worry about fashion. Fashion is fickle and inexplicable. If you doubt me, Google festoon curtains!

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